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Archives for January 2015

Corruption
Koch Bros To Spend Nearly A Billion Buying The 2016 Elections

Koch Bros To Spend Nearly A Billion Buying The 2016 Elections

contributors

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “”The Koch brothers’ operation intends to spend $889 million in the run-up to the 2016 elections — a historic sum that in many ways would mark Charles and David Koch and their fellow conservative megadonors as more powerful than the official Republican Party. The figure, which more than […]

Islamophobia
Ms. Marvel Vs. Islamophobia

Ms. Marvel Vs. Islamophobia

contributors

AJ+ | – “Who do you call when Islamophobia strikes? Kamala Khan, better known as Ms. Marvel. Street artists are using images of the Muslim superhero to cover up anti-Islam ads on the sides of buses and other public transportation in San Francisco.” AJ+: “Ms. Marvel Vs. Islamophobia”

Barack Obama
Obama, Modi and India's Solar Future

Obama, Modi and India’s Solar Future

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) In his visit to India, Barack Obama pressed unsuccessfully for India to set specific carbon limits. Nevertheless, he did get agreement from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the USA and India would pursue vigorously non-carbon energy sources, including nuclear and renewables such as solar. That was a better […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Kurds expel ISIL/Daesh from Syria's Kobane after months of fighting

Kurds expel ISIL/Daesh from Syria’s Kobane after months of fighting

contributors

Rita Daou | Your Middle East Kurds expel Islamic State group from Syria’s Kobane after months of fighting Banner Icon War in Syria Kurdish fighters have expelled Islamic State group militants from inside the Syrian border town of Kobane, a monitor said Monday, dealing a key symbolic blow to the jihadists’ ambitions. The Syrian Observatory […]

Barack Obama
Photo-Bombing Obama’s Iran Talks (Cartoon)

Photo-Bombing Obama’s Iran Talks (Cartoon)

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Arab Spring
Egypt: 28 Protesters Killed Marking Revolution - Police & Excessive Force

Egypt: 28 Protesters Killed Marking Revolution – Police & Excessive Force

contributors

Human Rights Watch | — (New York) – The death of at least 20 people in Egypt during clashes with security forces surrounding the commemoration of the 2011 uprising underscores the need for an independent investigation into the authorities’ excessive use of force.A woman and 17-year-old girl were killed ahead of the January 25 anniversary […]

African-Americans
All Lives Matter: from Ferguson to Palestine

All Lives Matter: from Ferguson to Palestine

Juan Cole

By Heike Schotten | (Ma’an News Agency) – In the United States, “Ferguson” — the name of the town where unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by police last summer — has become a shorthand name for the free reign given to police officers to murder black people in the streets (and […]

Democracy
Egypt Cancels Revolution Fete to Mourn Saudi King who derailed Revolution

Egypt Cancels Revolution Fete to Mourn Saudi King who derailed Revolution

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) In a great irony, the Egyptian government attempted to cancel the commemoration of the January 25 revolution four years ago, on the grounds that the late King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia needed to be mourned. The Saudis played a sinister behind-the-scenes role in undermining budding Egyptian attempts at democracy, […]

Displaced and Refugees
Angelina Jolie in Iraq: Int'l Community Failing Refugees from ISIL Brutality

Angelina Jolie in Iraq: Int’l Community Failing Refugees from ISIL Brutality

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Associated Press | — “Actress and director Angelina Jolie is calling on the international community to do more to aid refugees displaced by fighting in Iraq and Syria. The UN special envoy for refugees visited a camp in Iraq Sunday, saying that despite good intentions, “the international community has failed …” Angelina Jolie Visits Refugees […]

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